UPDATE | Big Bend Closes Down After Covid-19 Case Detected Inside Park
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Knowing that the nearest hospital was 100 miles away, and that it has just 25 beds and four ventilators, made it relatively easy for Big Bend National Park Superintendent Bob Krumenaker to decide to close his park to the public Thursday after one of his employees was diagnosed with Covid-19.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 2nd, 2020 2:28pm